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Welcome To Fiber Art by Carola
Multimedia Contemporary Fiber Art
5th GEN Indigenous Geechee Natural Dye Practitioner

  • Essential Edge Live 2016

    This is day number four after attending the Essential Edge Live Retreat, whose motto is “BE BOLD OR ITALIC never regular | Dream It. Plan It. Live It.”  My goals for attending this retreat were two-fold: 1) to gain clarity and insights into ways to increase sales; and 2) to network with other creatives to… Read more

  • Dreaming Big

    Last Thursday and Friday, I attended an intensive small business retreat for creatives called Essential Edge Live in Raleigh.  This blog now becomes my journal describing my process to dream big, plan effectively and become a successful small business artist. Read more

  • Walking Away

    Today begins a new journey in my creative hands adventures, because today I walked away from being an Auction Volunteer at Penland School of Crafts.  I love Penland with all my heart.  I am who I am as an artist because of my experiences and associations with Penland.  But as of today, I’m no longer… Read more

  • Paulus’s Just Dance Movie Trailer

    7th Session Closes Out The Summer With A Teaching From Paulus Berensohn “Just Dance” Dance Intertribal | Drum Yellow Hammer | Old School CD, “Intertribal” (4.19) Read more

  • My Reflections On The Process of Improvisational Quilting

    My analysis of the process is to think music. Listen to the electric Blues guitar of Jimi Hendricks perform Hear My Train A Comin’. (Web Link) Problems to Solve. Fabric puckers. Because we are cutting against the grain and bias of the fabric, puckering happens. Be flexible and open to trying experimental solutions. Make it… Read more

  • Walking Out Transformation

      Moments in life are full of unexpected changes. The older I get the less I understand about people and circumstances. I do know a few truths, one of which requires me to stay in the moment in order to walk out my purpose. Mat Randolph described four traps set for all of us in… Read more